SWINDON: Annual homeless shelter Christmas Care is in need of donations to help support the town’s most vulnerable people between Christmas Eve and December 28.

The charity needs a number of items to ensure the shelter has enough to offer to the homeless.

They include: food, sleeping bags, bedding, towels, toiletries, clothing, footwear, and donations to cover expenses (cheques payable to Christmas Care).

People can make their donations of goods at the Queen’s Drive Methodist Church on the following days: December 18, 10am-2pm; December 20, 10am-3pm; December 21, noon-2pm; December 23, all day.

The Pilgrim Centre, in Regent Circus, will be accepting donations from 10am until 2pm from December 9. For more information visit www.christmascare.co.uk.